Abdullah Gul

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul refuses to withdraw from Turkey's presidential vote, ignoring pressure from the army and calls from tens of thousands of demonstrators worried about his Islamist past. Abdullah Gul was the primary... [more]

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul refuses to withdraw from Turkey's presidential vote, ignoring pressure from the army and calls from tens of thousands of demonstrators worried about his Islamist past.

Abdullah Gul was the primary architect of Turkey's European Union membership bid.

The Turkish parliament in late August 2007 elected Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as Turkey's 11th president